Robert and Holly Young sued the state last year after the Ohio Department of Health refused to provide ABA therapy for their son, Roman, through the state?s ?Help Me Grow? program.

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Thousands of autistic children across Ohio could soon get access to an intensive and costly treatment program that state officials have said they are not obligated to provide.

The U.S. Department of Education told state officials in a letter last week that applied behavior analysis, also known as ABA therapy, must be made available to any child who is considered a good candidate to receive it.

"This is huge," said Richard Ganulin, a Cincinnati lawyer who has fought for wider availability of the treatment. "The U.S. government has ordered the state of Ohio to fix what it's been doing wrong." ...